本学位课程以现代语言学理论为指导，并结合现代语言学平行语料库的研究方法和计量统计方法，对英汉语言进行系统的对比研究，旨在揭示英汉语言的相似和差异，以寻求可用于外语教学与英汉互译等实际问题的原理。具体表现为通过英汉语言在语音、词汇、语法、修辞、语篇等诸方面的对比研究，对外语教学经验从理论上做出解释，为英汉互译方法和技巧提供系统的理论依据。本课程共分十三章，涉及语言研究中从微观到宏观的7个层面，包括词汇、句法、语篇、语用、修辞、文化、思维层面。第一章：绪论；第二章：汉英词的比较；第三章：汉英语法特征对比；第四章：意合与形合；第五章：人称与物称；第六章：主动与被动；第七章：动态和静态；第八章：左分支结构和右分支结构；第九章：肯定与否定的比较：第十章：汉英语章的比较；第十一章：汉英语用的比较；第十二章：汉英文化的比较；第十四章：汉英语言思维方式的比较。文中语料大多出自近期书刊或名家名著，以充分的语言实例来展示汉英双语之间的差异。各章节论述深入浅出，有独到见解。

A Contrastive Study of Chinese and Western LanguagesCourse description This course compares and contrasts Chinese and western languages, principally, the English language systematically by making use of the new parallel corpus methodology embedded within the modern linguistic theory. The contrastive studies are aimed at discovering the resemblances and differences between Chinese and English, thus exploring the basic principles that underpin foreign language teaching and English-Chinese translation. Students are introduced to linguistic differences between English and Chinese on an array of levels – lexical, syntactic, discursal, pragmatic, rhetoric, cultural and thinking, with a view to offering a systematic theoretical framework that sheds light on the English-Chinese translation methods and skills. The examples, which are basically garnered from well-known books, periodicals, and parallel corpus, serve to help the students achieve a better understanding of the differences between Chinese and English. Course planWeek 1 IntroductionWeek 2 Contrastive lexicology: word formation, collocations, and semantics (1)Week 3 Contrastive lexicology: word formation, collocations, and semantics (2) Week 4 Contrastive syntax on a macro level (1)Week 5 Contrastive syntax on a macro level (2)Week 6 Animate and inanimate subjectWeek 7 Active and passive voiceWeek 8 Six Dynamic and stative characteristicWeek 9 Left branch and right branchWeek 10 Affirmation and negationWeek 11 Contrastive discourseWeek 12 Contrastive pragmaticsWeek 13 Contrastive rhetoricsWeek 14 Comparison of the cultureWeek 15 Comparison of the thinking mode (1)Week 16 Comparison of the thinking mode (2)Week 17 Summary and revisionAssessment and requirement The grading criteria include homework (20%), participation and attendance (10%), written examination (70%). Required ReadingsEnglish resources: Li, C. and Thompson, S. 1981. Mandarin Chinese: a Reference Grammar. Quirk, et al. 1985. A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language, Harlow: Longman. Sylviane, G., Jacques, L. and Stephanie, P. (eds.). 2007. Corpus-based Approaches to Contrastive linguistics and Translation studies. Chinese resources: Cai, J. G. 2008. A Contrastive Study of English and Chinese Vocabulary. Shanghai: Fudan University Publishing House. Hu, K. B. and Guo, H. G. 2006. A Comparative Study of English and Chinese and Interpretation. Dalian: Dalian University of Science and Technology Publishing House. Huang, L. B. 2007. Corpus-based Approaches to ContrastiveLinguistics and Translation. Shanghai: Fudan University Publishing House. Ke, P. 1999. Contrastive Linguistics. Nanjing: Nanjing Normal University Publishing House. Liu, M. Q. 2006. Chinese-English Contrastive Studies and Translation (Revised Edition. Beijing: China Translation & Publishing Corporation. Shao. Z. H. 1997. A Comparative Study of English and Chinese. Shanghai: East China University of Science and Technology publishing House.